TERRE HAUTE —
Indiana State maintained sixth place after two rounds of the Missouri Valley Conference Golf Championships, but the Sycamores face a tough challenge to move into the top half of the league after today’s final round at the Country Club of Terre Haute.
ISU is tied with Wichita State at 633 strokes and 13 behind fifth-place Southern Illinois. The Salukis trail first-place Northern Iowa by just 10.
The Panthers “doubled” their one-shot lead after the tournament’s first 18 holes, but coach John Bermel’s team had a seven-shot lead near the midway point of the second round as the MVC squads battled strong, swirling winds.
“We didn’t finish very well, but that’s part of it. The ending holes aren’t very easy,” said Bermel, whose team is being led by Brittany Atterbury and Katie Tabbert. Atterbury was one-under par through 12 holes Monday, but she finished with a 76 on the par-72.
The Panthers’ fourth score was the 79 of Katie Tabbert.
“All four of our counting scores have all been very close. I told the kids all along we’ve got to have five kids that are playing well,” Bermel said.
ISU coach Greg Towne, on the other hand, watched as Emily Dixon and Gina Della Camera shot scores of 84 and Amanda Smith 82.
Christina Beyerl bounced back from a first-round score of 84 to post a 75.
“I think I went in today and I wasn’t as nervous,” Beyerl said. “Yesterday I think I expected too much of myself. When I didn’t succeed, I took it hard. Going into today … just go play it, just kind of focus a little more and got out of my own head and succeeded today.”
With some big drives and solid punting, Beyerl was as steady as almost any player on the course.
“To start the day, I just went out and made a lot of pars. I didn’t make anything worse than a bogey today so that was a plus,” she said.
Byerl had three birdie putts lip out. She finished with three straight pars on holes 7-9, a trio of holes in which only one player had a birdie all day.
“I really couldn’t get any birdie putts to fall. I was putting all my putts close so there’s nothing to be mad about. A par’s not bad, I can’t complain,” Beyerl said.
“She was discouraged yesterday. She hit it great today,” Towne said. “The whole team went out to the range last night after we played for about two hours. We got Christina’s swing in good shape, she just needed some adjusting.”
Towne thought his players had the opportunity to post lower numbers despite facing tough conditions.
“I’m most proud of the girls today for their composure. It was a very tough day out there. The wind and the greens were up to about 11 on the stimp [ratings] like a U.S. Open would be,” Towne said. “They were very composed. There’s a couple times where they could have whined about it a little and they didn’t so overall I’m pleased with how they did that. We still can play much better so I think that round [today] will be our chance to shine.”
Beyerl agrees, hoping the Sycamores can at least make a run at ranking in the top half of the league.
“As a team hopefully we come in and play well, improve a few strokes and catch a few teams in front of us,” Beyerl said. “You always want to win a championship, but with where we are now, we still have one more day so we can make up some strokes and improve on the leaderboard.”
ISU’s Amanda Smith rounded out the scoring with a second straight 82. Smith, who celebrated her 19th birthday Monday, has tallied a 41 in each nine holes of the tourney.
Della Camera and Dixon had tough days on the course’s shorter holes.
“Gina played the par-3s about 7-over or something and so did Emily so that was a struggle,” Towne said. “[Dixon] just had some really bad luck and a couple missed clubs.”
McCall Christopher posted a 79.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if she shoots under par tomorrow. She’s swinging beautifully at it.”
ISU’s program, which began in 2006 and has a best MVC finish of third in 2010, is on the rise, said Towne, whose team is entirely underclassmen.
“The program’s improving, the girls are working hard at it,” Towne said. What they can glean from this is what it takes to contend for a conference championship. Their skill is good enough to win.”
ISU players will begin to tee off at 9:30 a.m. today.
MVC Women’s Golf Championships
At Country Club of Terre Haute
Monday
Second Round
Team standings
Northern Iowa (299-311 — 610) — Brittany Atterbury 75-76 151, Katie Tabbert 72-79 151, Sarah Boss 76-78 154, Blair Bonner 77-78 155, Alex Zenor 76-83 19.
Bradley (305-307 612) — Thea Hedemann 73-74 147, Christie Lin 78-76 154, Erin Gorman 75-79 154, Kelly Amundrud 79-78 157, Cassandra Marschall 79-79 158.
Missouri State (300-313 613) — Kelsey Welber 75-76 151, Catherine Dolan 74-80 154, Emma Clegg 74-80 154, Megan Thompson 79-77 156, Hermine Greyling 77-81 158.
Illinois State (305-314 619) — Katie Jean 74-74 148, Brianna Cooper 76-80 156, Jordyn Wyzgowski 78-81 159, Rachel Powers 77-83 160, Hannah Bachman 81-79 160.
Southern Illinois (313-307 620) — Cassie Rushing 75-73 148, Alisha Matthews 82-74 156, Ashleigh Rushing 76-81 157, Shaina Rennegarbe 80-79 159, Margaret Gilley 84-89 173.
Wichita State (311-322 633) — Gretchen Huhnerkoch 77-75 152, Hollie Weatherburn 77-76 153, Hannah Martin 80-84 164, Natalie Samb 88-87 175, Daniela Rugeles 77-DQ 77.
Indiana State (313-320 633) — McCall Christopher 77-79 156, Emily Dixon 75-84 159, Christina Beyerl 84-75 159, Gina Della Camera 79-84 163, Amanda Smith 82-82 164.
Drake (323-331 654) — Hadley Jennings 77-79 156, Chelsey Falk 81-82 163, Danielle Brooks 81-84 165, Paige Menze 84-86 170, Christy Witmer 88-89 177.
Evansville (327-330 657) — Sydney Skiles 81-80 161, Lauren Ellerman 81-83 164, Alyssa Key 79-88 167, Cathy Doyle 86-83 169, Dana Hayden 93-84 177.
Creighton (337-337 674) — Mary Cathryn Rau 81-79 160, Rachel Thompson 81-88 169, J.Stuckenschneider 90-83 173, Celeste Gassman 86-88 174, Katie Morel 89-87 176.
Indiana State University
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Lining it up: Indiana State University golf coach Greg Towne helps Gina Della Camera look over a putt. ISU is hosting the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Golf Tournament. The final round at the Country Club of Terre Haute is today. (Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis)
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis To the green: Indiana State golfer Emily Dixon chips to the 11th green early in her second round. Monday morning. ISU is hosting the Missouri Valley Women's Golf Championships through today at the Country Club of Terre Haute.
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Off the fringe: Indiana State golfer Amanda Smith chips onto the 10th green early in her second round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Right angles: Indiana State golfer Christina Beyerl uses an iron from the 10th tee to begin the day for the Sycamores in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis Watching: Indiana State University golf coach Greg Towne and golfer McCall Christopher line up a putt under the watchful eyes of the gallery. The Missouri Valley Conference tournamant finishes up today.
Discussion
Uphill Battle: ISU 23 strokes back of MVC leader No. Iowa
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ISU's athletic treasure trove
Think of every championship that Indiana State has won in each of its sports, past and present. Think of every tournament — postseason or regular season — which the Sycamores have claimed as their own.
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Ort sets ISU RBI record in 16-7 win
Robby Ort celebrated his Indiana State baseball Senior Day on Saturday by becoming the Sycamores’ all-time leader in RBIs as ISU ended its regular season with a 16-7 win over Bradley at Bob Warn Field.
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Bradley ends 16-game MVC losing streak against ISU
Momentum was the only thing riding on Indiana State’s baseball game against Bradley on Friday. With a five-game winning streak going, ISU wanted to keep the good vibes going into next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
ISU couldn’t do it. -
Indiana State to host 2014 MVC baseball tourney
Build it… and they will come. The Missouri Valley Conference and Indiana State University made that famous line from the movie “Fields Of Dreams” reality Thursday.
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Behind 16 hits and Manaea's pitching, ISU beats Bradley
Indiana State’s baseball team rode a wild ride of emotion on Thursday.
First came the public announcement that Bob Warn Field would host the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Later, Sean Manaea’s availability to pitch ISU’s series opener against Bradley was in doubt. -
TODD GOLDEN: Don't give up on ISU baseball just yet
If you had to pick one word that would describe the 2013 Indiana State baseball season, it would have to be frustration.
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ISU baseball team builds on success with 14-2 rout
Indiana State’s baseball victory over Alcorn State on Friday would take on more meaning Saturday if the Sycamores could build momentum and pick up on the good work they did in Friday’s ninth-inning rally.
Mission accomplished.
The Sycamores were aggressive from the opening inning at the plate and starting pitcher Devin Moore gave them eight valuable and effective innings on the mound as ISU defeated Alcorn State 14-2 at Bob Warn Field.
“It was a really good experience for everybody. It felt great to finally come out here and put some things together. It’s also really nice when your offense puts a lot of runs on the board,” Moore said.
Moore’s eight innings of work were as valuable as gold to an ISU team that is short on quality arms due to injury and ineffectiveness. He didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning and one of the two runs he conceded was unearned. -
ISU earns badly-needed win
Alcorn State’s baseball team might be ranked in the bottom 10 in RPI and Indiana State might have never lost to a Southwestern Athletic Conference team. So it wouldn’t appear that a quality win was in the offing when Alcorn State visited Bob Warn Field on Friday.
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ISU’s Mascari and Hope win MVC track & field titles
Indiana State produced two champions during the opening day of action in the Missouri Valley Conference track and field championships Friday at Drake. Freshman John Mascari, a Terre Haute native, won the men’s 10,000-meter race and Nicole Hope won the women’s pole vault for the second time in three seasons.
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ISU pole vault tradition continues with help from its author
Pole vault is track and field for the adrenaline junkie, Indiana State senior Nicole Hope proclaimed during a recent practice at Marks Field.
To catapult oneself about 14 feet into the air with a large $500 fiberglass pole on a daily basis is a risky endeavor.
“We have to be fearless. You can’t be afraid at all,” said Hope, who has also catapulted herself into the NCAA’s elite in the event, ranking 15th in the NCAA with her leap of 13-feet, 9 1/4. -
Lansing looking for more home games for next fall
Indiana State’s men’s basketball team is looking for a few good games.
Home games that is.
The Sycamores have filled in most of the blanks in their nonconference schedule, but as ever, ISU coach Greg Lansing would like to visit the friendly confines of Hulman Center a bit more often. -
ISU baseball gets back into rhythm with victory
Baseball is a rhythm game. With contests every day or five times a week in the case of many college programs, you have the chance to build on success or wallow in a slump.
Mother Nature took that rhythm away from Indiana State’s team last week. After a 7-1 loss to Indiana on April 24, ISU was supposed to play a three-game series at Tennessee-Martin, but it was wiped out by rain.
So the rhythm was disturbed, but perhaps that wasn’t a bad thing.
ISU was in a five-game losing streak before its unintended vacation and the Sycamores made a move in the right direction Wednesday with a 7-0 win over DePauw at Bob Warn Field.
“It was a disappointing weekend. We went all the way down to Tennessee and didn’t get to play. We sat around in the hotel room. We came here and it was still raining. It was nice to get out and see some live pitching,” ISU center fielder Landon Curry said. -
Metro roundup: ISU hands out spring awards
The Indiana State University athletic community, along with family, friends and fans, paused Tuesday night to honor the spring sports teams at the Terre Haute Savings Bank Spring Sports Banquet.
Most of the ISU teams are still in competition with the baseball team having 13 games left of its regular-season schedule before beginning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament May 21, the softball team with just three games left of the docket this coming weekend against Southern Illinois and the track and field program with just one more meet before beginning its postseason events.
The ISU women’s golf team is the team that has ended at this time, with the group recording a sixth-place finish at the MVC championships one week ago. -
Indiana State loses 2 in MVC softball
Indiana State aspired to upset Illinois State to get at least a doubleheader split in Missouri Valley Conference softball Thursday at Price Field as the Sycamores opened an eight-game season-ending homestand.
Paige Schreiner hit a two-run blast over the left-field fence in the fifth inning and junior Shelby Wilson delivered a sizzling RBI triple down the right-field line in the sixth as ISU ended the day playing well against the league’s highest-scoring offense.
The result was still a 5-3 loss to the Redbirds (26-18, 11-6 Missouri Valley Conference) as freshman Halle Humphrey gave up four runs in the first two innings. Humphrey, called upon to pitch the opener as well — she’s the only full-time pitcher remaining on the team — gave up six runs and eight hits as the Sycamores dropped a 6-1 game to start the day. -
ISU, MVFC brace for change at FCS football level
It seemed so far-fetched.
Internet rumors circulated that Indiana State had been approached by the Sun Belt Conference to bring the Sycamores’ football team into the Sun Belt’s fold.
The Sun Belt is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision. Bowl football. Big boy football … and all it entails.
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ISU football in good spirits after healthy Spring Game
Was Saturday afternoon’s weather an omen for Indiana State football as the Sycamores wrapped up spring practice with the annual Blue-White Game at Memorial Stadium? After several practices conducted in less-than-perfect conditions, they’d like to think so.
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Loyola ready to take big step
Loyola University and the Missouri Valley Conference took their first steps together Friday and the MVC is hoping the Ramblers don’t have to take too many baby steps before they become a competitive part of the conference.
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Sanford wraps up first spring with ISU
The final day of Indiana State football’s first Mike Sanford experience is upon the Sycamores.
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Lansing excited about Etherington's signing with Sycamores
The spring signing period for men’s basketball is usually a time to use available scholarships to load up on junior college additions and transfers.
To find a diamond-in-the-rough at the high school level who can give you four years? That’s harder to come by. -
Creighton sweep puts ISU in thick of things
In a difficult early-season Missouri Valley Conference schedule, Indiana State took its lumps. Unenviable back-to-back trips to contenders Missouri State and Wichita State had ISU reeling with five straight MVC losses eight days ago.
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Second City in the Valley: Loyola joins the MVC
For the first time in its history, the Missouri Valley Conference will have a home in the Second City.
The Chicago Tribune confirmed Saturday via a Loyola University source that the Ramblers will replace Creighton as the MVC’s 10th team. Loyola — a member of the Horizon League — will join the MVC effective July 1.
Indiana State Director of Athletics Ron Prettyman — who was part of the MVC search committee that scouted potential replacements for Creighton — confirmed Sunday that the Ramblers were in the MVC loop. -
Sycamore baseball holds off Creighton rally
By his own estimation, Indiana State baseball coach Rick Heller has been involved in close to 2,000 baseball games. If anyone has seen it all on the field, he’d be as good a candidate as any.
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Devin Moore pitches gem in 6-1 victory over Creighton
A hip injury suffered by Indiana State ace starting pitcher Sean Manaea shuffled the Sycamores’ starting rotation for the second weekend running as it opened a Missouri Valley Conference home series against Creighton on Friday.
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Sanford gets 2nd look at Sycamores
In the immediate aftermath of a practice, game, or in Friday’s case for Indiana State, a scrimmage, most football coaches defer to the film to paint a true picture of what was and wasn’t done. ISU coach Mike Sanford is no different. With the flurry of activity on both sides of the ball, it’s hard to get a true evaluation of anything watching it live.
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ISU center FN Lutz glad to be back in the middle of things
For someone who missed an entire season due to a knee injury, Indiana State center FN Lutz has certainly kept himself visible since then.
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METRO ROUNDUP: ISU's Brandon Pounds the top collegian in Sea Ray relays
Indiana State senior Brandon Pounds was the top collegian in the men’s hammer throw and fellow senior Felisha Johnson opened up the Sycamores’ three-day competition at the University of Tennessee’s Sea Ray relays with a second-place finish in the women’s hammer throw.
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Stealing records: ISU softball’s offense gaining momentum
The Indiana State softball offense is no juggernaut, but the fog may be clearing on a program that has had a long history of struggles with few signs of consistent winning.
Explosive, dedicated athletes like Morgan Allee and Megan Stone are two reasons to believe this group of Sycamores can spark a turnaround.
The Sycamores are scoring an average of 3.1 runs per game while also ranking in the middle of the Missouri Valley Conference pack in hits and batting average. But the Sycamores are on pace to break the school record for on-base percentage as they lead the MVC in walks, hit-by-pitches, sacrifice bunts and stolen bases.
Allee, with 17 regular-season games to go, broke the school record for stolen bases in a season Tuesday against IUPUI and is among the 10 best in the NCAA. Her total of 30 makes up almost half of ISU’s 74.
“I’m so big [that] they think I won’t go. It works out well,” the stocky shortstop said. -
ISU’s QB battle
Quarterback battles come in all shapes and sizes, but one could forgive Indiana State’s Mike Perish, Robert Tonyan Jr. and Trent Lancaster if they feel a bit more beleaguered than your average signal-caller.
Not only is the trio fighting for the right to be named ISU’s starter by the Sycamores’ football opener Aug. 29 at Indiana University, but all three also are trying to learn a new offense, they’re acclimating themselves to new coach Mike Sanford’s different way of running things, and they’re trying to maintain harmony amongst each other, so whoever the ultimate winner is can effectively lead the team without angst.
All of it is playing out during ISU’s spring practice, and so far, none of the quarterback candidates have separated themselves from the pack. -
Sycamores wrap up season sweep of Purdue in baseball
Jordan Pearson went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and all nine position starters for the Indiana State baseball team recorded at least one hit, leading the Sycamores to a 10-5 victory and a season sweep of Purdue in front of 679 fans Tuesday at Bob Warn Field.
ISU claimed its second consecutive game and improved to 14-13 overall, while Purdue dropped to 11-19. The Sycamores are 4-1 against the Big Ten Conference this season after sweeping their two-game series with the Boilermakers and winning two out of three at Minnesota in mid-March.
ISU and Purdue combined for nine runs over the first three innings as the Sycamores took a 5-4 lead. Pearson (single), Mike Fitzgerald (single), Tyler Wampler (one-run single), Landon Curry (single) and Cody Zimmerman (two-run single) tallied five consecutive hits with one out in the bottom of the second inning as ISU scored four runs in the frame. -
Metro roundup: ISU’s Allee breaks steals record in twinbill split
Junior Morgan Allee broke the ISU single-season stolen bases record as the Indiana State softball team split a doubleheader with the Jaguars of IUPUI Tuesday at Price Field.
ISU defeated IUPUI 7-0 in the opener and fell 17-6 in the nightcap.
“It's nice to be able to get records but it's really not that important to me,” Allee said about breaking the record. “I would rather us win every game than for me to personally break any records.”
Allee led off the bottom of the first inning of the first game with a walk and promptly stole second base to break the ISU single-season record. - More Indiana State University Headlines
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